santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Happy Halloween. Clear skies here with 49°, headed back up to 76° later today. Still looking at the same forecast, rain Tuesday and Wednesday, possible freeze Thursday and Friday nights and mid 60's for the high after that. I have been able to avoid using the wood burning heater so far this season, but that looks like it will end Tuesday. This is the first year that I can remember that I didn't need to use it until November! I love that thing. 41 years of heating our house completely and the only maintenance is the yearly chimney cleaning and replacing the cap.
I have a young contractor friend coming out this morning to help me clean the chimney for the heater, and install a new stainless steel chimney cap to replace the old galvanized one that disintegrated recently. The galvanized ones last about 10 years before they need replacing. Wife doesn't want me climbing up on the roof any more. Says that I am too old...I'm not as old as she is!
He is also going to trim a couple of oak tree branches that are a potential problem over the roof.
Thanks for all of the comments and reactions regarding yesterday's pictures; Tom O, Christian, Guy, OB Ken, Joe, Sherrel, Hughie, Louis, Lee, IB Ken, Curt, Rick, Karl, Mikey.
I'll take a couple of eggs over easy and a stack of sausage patties this morning Flo. OJ and a buttered whole wheat English Muffin on the side. You can leave the candy corn in the kitchen.
Almost didn't make it out to the train shed yesterday because I was caught up in so many outdoor tasks. I didn't completely ignore the Ramone's project, I drilled all of the fence post holes, but didn't go any further. I decided to run trains instead.
That means that I have to go back to the archives for a few pictures today. I showed a bookstore the other day, but that's not the only one on the layout. I have some pictures of Buck's Book Store, a Smaltown USA kit that I built a few years ago. These pictures were taken in a photogenic place near the workbench instead of in it's layout location.
I then scratchbuilt a display table with books for out front.
OB Ken - Congratulations on the raise.
Jerry - Condolences on the loss of your friend. You certainly did have a bad day/week.
Tom O - Speaking of work and girls, I always subscribed to the philosophy that you don't get any honey where you get your money. It was interesting what some of them would do to attempt to wrangle a raise. I saw it bring down a few guys over the years. I do admit to being a hands-off dirty old man though.
Guy - I hear your pain regarding sorting photos. I have been trying to do that myself, although I can only devote short spans of time on that task. I see that others have already answered your query regarding the coal hopper in the gravel train.
Joe - Interesting take on the job interviews. When I had to interview candidates for supervisory or management jobs, I always looked for people who could manage things. I could train folks the window manufacturing business, but you cannot train management skills. I always included one "off the wall" question just to see their reaction and quickness. I fortunately never had to interview hourly factory employees.
Lee - Great looking project.
IB Ken - I rarely edit out the ceiling eyesores myself; we all have them. I do sometimes edit out the beer bottles though!
Robert - I like the Santa Fe engine pictures as well as your scenery. You're modeling an era just before mine.
Curt - Tough decision to make. I would go with wiring the exterior lights separately.
Mikey -
Terry - Good luck this coming week. In 43 years, I worked through four ownership changes at my company. Fortunately no internal changes were made until 14 years after the last one. I was relieved of my active duties, primarily because they needed to look at the future without Willie. I hung around for two years essentially doing nothing until I was ready to retire at 63.
Troy - I would guess that next week is going to be apple butter time at your place. Wife off work and 25 lbs. of apples???
Everybody have a great Sunday. Stay safe while you're out trick or treating tonight, unless it was last night in your neighborhood.
I have a young contractor friend coming out this morning to help me clean the chimney for the heater, and install a new stainless steel chimney cap to replace the old galvanized one that disintegrated recently. The galvanized ones last about 10 years before they need replacing. Wife doesn't want me climbing up on the roof any more. Says that I am too old...I'm not as old as she is!
He is also going to trim a couple of oak tree branches that are a potential problem over the roof.Thanks for all of the comments and reactions regarding yesterday's pictures; Tom O, Christian, Guy, OB Ken, Joe, Sherrel, Hughie, Louis, Lee, IB Ken, Curt, Rick, Karl, Mikey.
I'll take a couple of eggs over easy and a stack of sausage patties this morning Flo. OJ and a buttered whole wheat English Muffin on the side. You can leave the candy corn in the kitchen.
Almost didn't make it out to the train shed yesterday because I was caught up in so many outdoor tasks. I didn't completely ignore the Ramone's project, I drilled all of the fence post holes, but didn't go any further. I decided to run trains instead.
That means that I have to go back to the archives for a few pictures today. I showed a bookstore the other day, but that's not the only one on the layout. I have some pictures of Buck's Book Store, a Smaltown USA kit that I built a few years ago. These pictures were taken in a photogenic place near the workbench instead of in it's layout location.
I then scratchbuilt a display table with books for out front.
OB Ken - Congratulations on the raise.
Jerry - Condolences on the loss of your friend. You certainly did have a bad day/week.
Tom O - Speaking of work and girls, I always subscribed to the philosophy that you don't get any honey where you get your money. It was interesting what some of them would do to attempt to wrangle a raise. I saw it bring down a few guys over the years. I do admit to being a hands-off dirty old man though.
Guy - I hear your pain regarding sorting photos. I have been trying to do that myself, although I can only devote short spans of time on that task. I see that others have already answered your query regarding the coal hopper in the gravel train.
Joe - Interesting take on the job interviews. When I had to interview candidates for supervisory or management jobs, I always looked for people who could manage things. I could train folks the window manufacturing business, but you cannot train management skills. I always included one "off the wall" question just to see their reaction and quickness. I fortunately never had to interview hourly factory employees.
Lee - Great looking project.
IB Ken - I rarely edit out the ceiling eyesores myself; we all have them. I do sometimes edit out the beer bottles though!
Robert - I like the Santa Fe engine pictures as well as your scenery. You're modeling an era just before mine.
Curt - Tough decision to make. I would go with wiring the exterior lights separately.
Mikey -
Yes, several of them that I salvaged from my son's Matchbox collection that he left us. I'm still contemplating what I will do with the junk piles and other ground level parts of the scene. I am looking at a car on blocks among other things. I am just taking a couple of days off this project to look at all of my other options for detailing.
Terry - Good luck this coming week. In 43 years, I worked through four ownership changes at my company. Fortunately no internal changes were made until 14 years after the last one. I was relieved of my active duties, primarily because they needed to look at the future without Willie. I hung around for two years essentially doing nothing until I was ready to retire at 63.
Troy - I would guess that next week is going to be apple butter time at your place. Wife off work and 25 lbs. of apples???
Everybody have a great Sunday. Stay safe while you're out trick or treating tonight, unless it was last night in your neighborhood.
Boo. Crisp 41 degrees in the Ozark Foothills. Your projects and Rolling Stock looks good hope to get some more done on this little Display for the layout. Enjoy your Sunday and take it easy.
You've got those buildings looking good with some populous.
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